After the snow storm of the century and battling a bad case of Bronchitis, I finally made it down to the barn to clean some extremely dirty horse stalls. Taking several breaks because of my wheezing and tightening of my lungs, I watched my horse Clyde eat his Purina Equine Senior feed. He has never liked people watching him eat. So he showed me his dissatisfaction by pinning his ears and taking a fierce bite out of the pellets to show me he’s perturbed. I giggled and continued with my chores.
Several trips were taken down the hill carrying several large buckets of manure and when I arrived back at the stripped stall Clyde met me at the door with his ears forward. He slowly looked back over his shoulder, as if pointing at his clean stall, then faced me again. He inched forward towards me and nuzzled his muzzle up to my face as if to kiss me. I gently kissed his nose and said, “You are very welcome.” Then he found his way back to his feed bucket and finished his breakfast.
A horse whisper I am not. But I am one hundred percent sure that Clyde thanked me! Body language is everything, in human or animals, if people would just take a moment and observe. The heartfelt appreciation I felt from Clyde was undeniable.
Our pets give unconditional love. Our mood or our actions could be at fault, but still forgives and love is returned. And it's immediate, with no questions asked, no stipulations, simply wholehearted love is given. Most people are not capable of unconditional love, so humans yearn for absolute devotion. I believe we adopt our beloved pets to attain these feelings.
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